Hull City continue their pre-season preparations with a match against Barnsley on Saturday afternoon.

The match is their fourth and final game as Steve Bruce prepares for the new Premier League campaign.

Hull have so far played North Ferriby United, Harrogate Town and York City, drawing the first and winning the next two.

It has been a relatively impressive build-up with most of the Tigers’ frontmen getting on the score-sheet and Robbie Brady finding his shooting boots as the new season approaches.

Despite the recent arrival of Tom Ince, Bruce is likely to make further additions in the coming weeks. And he will need to, given the strength in the top flight and the impressive transfer business of a number of Hull’s closest rivals.

Vincent Ralph

After graduating with a degree in English Literature, Vincent completed a NCTJ-accredited qualification in newspaper and magazine journalism in 2005. Shortly after, in a somewhat leftfield move, he began working at a secondary school in Kent. After eight years – the last four of which were spent as Head of Sixth Form – he began to write full-time, combining his love of football with his passion for the written word.Alongside his work for HITC Sport, he also writes film reviews for HITC Lifestyle… along with the odd music interview when fate allows.